THE ASIAN AMERICAN HOUR has gotten bigger - we are now on the air weekly on public radio WAIF-CINCINNATI 88.3 FM and our broadcast time has moved to prime-time Monday evenings, 5 - 6 PM. THE ASIAN AMERICAN HOUR will continue to feature talk, and music, and other good things with a discernable slant towards Asian American affairs, immigration, and many other issues of interest to our community-at-large. THE ASIAN AMERICAN HOUR is produced and hosted by Charleston Wang with Mary Joan Reutter as co-host, together with our distinguished guests. So, tune in to THE ASIAN AMERICAN HOUR on WAIF-CINCINNATI 88.3 FM. every Monday 5 - 6 PM. Get the latest on the Asian American community in Cincinnati, the fast growing and mobile community in the Tri-state. After listening to the THE ASIAN AMERICAN HOUR, e-mail us direct feedback and thoughts by clicking here. If you or a friend wish to be a guest on THE ASIAN AMERICAN HOUR, please let us know. Tune in to THE ASIAN AMERICAN HOUR every Monday 5 - 6 PM on WAIF 88.3 FM Cincinnati on the air or on the internet streaming audio by clicking here, |
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| SILVERTON HOLDS ANNUAL ART & WINE FEST AT HISTORIC MEIER'S WINERY 6/21/2008 |
| TAMARA SCANTLAND ADAMS Professional Portrait Artist & Illustrator 513-233-0709 Tamarasadams@fuse.net |
| JACKIE BRADEN, Contemporary Artist 513.237.3865 jbraden@fuse.net |
| OWENS CHIROPRACTIC & REHABILIATATION CENTER 513-784-0084 BMW STORE 513-271-8700 |
U. S. IMMIGRATION COURT GRANTS ASYLUM
TO FORMER CAPTAIN OF MONGOLIAN
NATIONAL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
On June 5, 2008, the United States Immigration Court granted asylum protection under
§208(a) of the Immigration & Naturalization Act to Ms. Bymbaa Ragchaa and her family
because of persecution by reason of political opinion. Ms. Ragchaa began playing to
play volleyball at age 10 and became seriously involved in basketball by age 15. She
represented her country Mongolia in international matches, and in 1991 at age 21, she
became the captain of the Women's National Team. Her dream for her team to
represent her country in world competition including the Olympics was shattered by her
own government. As team captain and then later as a secretary of the Mongolian
National Basketball Committee, she encountered a reluctance on the part of the
government of Mongolia to fund women's basketball, preferring to give the limited money
for the men. She actively spoke up for equality between men and women in the sport of
basketball. For her advocacy, the government of Mongolia in 2000 under the
Communist Party [officially known as the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party] fired
her from her job and barred her from teaching basketball. She also suffered sexual
harassment and economic deprivation from the loss of the only vocation she was trained
all her professional life to be good at. The women's basketball team effectively
collapsed after she was fired and in 2002 the women's league for basketball was
discontinued. She fled Mongolia and came to the United States in 2002 and eventually
filed for asylum protection.
An individual hearing was conducted on the merits by the Immigration Court in
Cincinnati, Ohio on December 8, 2005 and after being continued was completed on April
21, 2008. On the basis of testimony and supporting documentary evidence the
Immigration Court found that the respondent under deportation, Ms. Ragchaa "... has
established that her political opinion was at least a central reason for the government's
actions against her. The respondent was often told by government officials not to
complain about gender inequality in Mongolian basketball. Her pursuit for equal
treatment of women in the sport was supported by Democratic party members, She,
along with her boss and several co-workers, all of whom were affiliated with the
Democratic party, were fired from their positions in the basketball association when the
Communist party gained governmental power."
The Immigration Court also found that the ban against her from the sport "completely
prevented the respondent from gaining employment in her field." Ms. Byambaa
Ragchaa and her family were represented by Charleston C. K. Wang, Esq. before the
Immigration Court.
| Old Glory Shines Forth on the 4th of July 2008 |
All this debate about attendance records and profits misses the point.
The honest debate is how did these Chinese bodies show up in
Cincinnati without proper documents. As such is it morally good to
show them when it is clear that they have not given informed consent to
be processed and displayed this way?
In real life, money does help the world go around. Therefore, if the
Museum Center, our beloved Cincinnati icon, does declare a profit from
the Bodies Exhibition, I hope they will also declare a donation to a
deserving Chinese cause. Even non-profits deserve financial success
and if there is surplus money, a non-profit should be charitable. Given
the recent earthquake in Szechuan, I hope that the Board and
management of the Museum Center will rise to the occasion of giving
back some of the bodies money to the orphans who have lost their
father and/or mother and the parents who have lost, most likely their
only son or daughter in the recent earthquake in China.
So, it is not too late to do some good of this whole macabre episode.
An Opinion by Charleston Wang 07/04/2008
The honest debate is how did these Chinese bodies show up in
Cincinnati without proper documents. As such is it morally good to
show them when it is clear that they have not given informed consent to
be processed and displayed this way?
In real life, money does help the world go around. Therefore, if the
Museum Center, our beloved Cincinnati icon, does declare a profit from
the Bodies Exhibition, I hope they will also declare a donation to a
deserving Chinese cause. Even non-profits deserve financial success
and if there is surplus money, a non-profit should be charitable. Given
the recent earthquake in Szechuan, I hope that the Board and
management of the Museum Center will rise to the occasion of giving
back some of the bodies money to the orphans who have lost their
father and/or mother and the parents who have lost, most likely their
only son or daughter in the recent earthquake in China.
So, it is not too late to do some good of this whole macabre episode.
An Opinion by Charleston Wang 07/04/2008
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| MAY SOME GOOD COME OUT OF THE BODIES EXHIBITION |
Making Space for the tallest new building in Cincinnati. There is a certain mixed
feeling of sadness and anticipation to what is happening at Sycamore Street
Come the new week and this old garage will be no more.
feeling of sadness and anticipation to what is happening at Sycamore Street
Come the new week and this old garage will be no more.
| MAKING SPACE |